I havent had a smoke for 8 days now.
I am 59 years old. When i was 42, 15 years ago, i had a heart attack and have 3 stents in my arteries. Just recently they found a 5cm bubble in my main artery and i need a walker as my vains and arteries in my legs are cloged and my legs seeze up, all from smoking. I have been smoking since i was 14 years old and the longest i had ever gave up for is 3 days, so this is a record for me and i am determend to win this time, not only for my health, but i am saveing $150 a fortnight also. If i do not give up, it will eventully kill me. i wish you all luck and hope you all sucseed, as if you dont, i think it will send you to an early grave. Take care, Stephen.
Stephen, congratulations you have made a huge milestone, stay strong keep fighting. Like me it is so important for many reasons but the big one is your health. KEEP GOING, well done.
Stephenhtc congratulations on 8 days... Keep strong it looks like you have many reasons to kick this dirty disgusting habit for good. Keep us posted
Oh, thank you for your kind words of support. I am going to be a non smoker and I wont stop till I am. I hope you all are doing well also and once again, thank you for your kind words, it means a lot to me.
Hi Stephen, you are doing well over a week nearly two weeks soon. Stay strong it does get easier, keep posting .
Keep going Stephen - you are doing so well. Dont give up. Stay strong and keep posting. The support on this site is incredible..
Hi folks, I smoked for 52 years, the latter 20 with a pipe. I gave up 18 months ago, an educated cold turkey. I educated myself about nicotine, had a bad cough & cold for 3 days and just couldn't smoke and decided to give up. It's still difficult after a year and a half. I figure that nicotine causes a dopamine release from all my nerve endings. Dopamine is the "feel good" reward hormone, so my self-reward system was totally messed up, for most of my life, from age 17 to 69! Now I miss dreadfully the dopamine rush from each puff AND I need to congratulate and reward myself on giving up, two quite different emotions, they conflict unfortunately. Also I started smoking because I had an insane mother and grandmother, smoking helped to handle the anxiety and stress. Now without nicotine, the anxiety has come back and I feel a bit "breathless" sometimes. My lungs are fine. So I have to deal with the anxiety as well as the grief over the loss of the dopamine rush. The cost was my biggest consideration, $130 a week on the pension would be impossible. Affirmation: I claim the perfect amount of dopamine at all my nerve endings right now! I give thanks for all my blessings! The best of luck, folks. What larks!